The first five hundred miles from the shores Pacific across the Cascades to Coeur d'Alene and then on to Heron, Montana were a tantalizing taste of more to come next summer. After you are on the road for a while, the destination matters less than what you experience along the way. Time slows down and days melt into nights and then more days. Returned reluctantly to the East Coast by air to fulfill work obligations but with a solemn oath to return to Spokane by train and then Coeur d'Alene to pick up the trail in 2010.
